Greetings and welcome again to my blog! These days, many singers are beginning to sing songs that deal with courage and perseverance to come back up again after a failed endeavor. One of these songs that I particularly like is Skyscraper by Demi Lovato.
If you haven't already heard the original, then I would seriously recommend it. The lyrics speak of a lady who has just experienced a failed relationship. From the tone of the words, it could be said that this is due to the guy's error. However, above the initial broken tone used therein lies a ray of hope and strength that though situations may put you down, one needs to have faith and confidence that there is a ray of hope at the end of the tunnel.
If you believe in yourself and if you refuse to let setbacks put you down, you can rise up again like a Skyscraper. You can be someone noticed for your success. There's a famous quote about failure by Winston Churchill that says "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." To me, this is a very powerful quote and "Skyscraper" is really a song that is able to put down emotions from music about courage and strength.
There are many covers of skyscaper out there on Youtube but I would like you to listen to one that I particularly like. It's the one sang by another 2 of my favourite Youtube Artists, Boyce Avenue and Megan Nicole. Enough talking, here's the cover of Skyscraper!
Hey guys! Welcome to my sub-blog, Joyfu Music! In case you didn't already know my main blog is www.joyfublog.blogspot.com. This sub-blog is where I will be posting some recommended songs and videos that I listen to on youtube and what are my thoughts about them. Just so you know I am truly a fan of many many artists out there and I particular like to listen to independent artists on youtube. Some artists of whom I listen to include (according to favorites) Christina Grimmie, Jayesslee, Aj Raphael, David Choi, Boyce Avenue, Megan Nicole and Megan Lee among others..
This will also be a place where I post some of my own covers and originals (yes I do aspire to be like one of those independent artists listed above). Because of this passion I actually bought myself a condenser mike. Recently, my friend has also generously donated a keyboard to me which is really cool. For the year 2012, I'll be picking up singing and keyboard lessons so I'll keep you posted on my progress. I'll be learning Singing at this really cool place that I highly recommend called The Singing Loft, (thesingingloft.com). The founder of this school is Ms Sheryn Chia, whoose a super awesome and talented vocal coach and you can read more about her impressive bio here (http://thesingingloft.com/?page_id=36)
Anyway, for this week, I would like to recommend one of my all time favorite artists, Christina Grimmie! This is one of her older covers of a Katy Perry song called "The one that got away". What I like about this cover is that it irks of originality. Its a totally different rendition done acoustically. What makes it special is that acoustically, more attention can be paid to be the vocals and the emotions behind the words. This version actually makes the lyrics come alive. Did I mention she has great vocals? she starts with a sort of mellow tone and slowly builds up in emotions to reach a peak at 3.55 which really blows my breath away. Listening to the song gives me the experience of going through what the lyricist is feeling. Its strong in its message yet subtle in a sort of contradictory way. A relationship may be lost but the memories still remain and though things can never be the same again, the lyricist is strong in the lessons learnt from the past hurts and the confidence in a new relationship.Its regret meets renew. This, to me, is the hallmark of a good singer. Apart from that she's also an awesome keyboardist! Without further ado, here's the video.
